Snake oil, fraud, confirmation bias


It is becoming increasingly apparent that many threads about legitimate topics devolve into one or more of the contributors here making claims of snake oil, fraud, or confirmation bias thereby derailing the conversation beyond the valid and relevant thread topic and this is getting ridiculous. For anyone here who honestly holds the position that there is snake oil and fraud in the world of Music Reproduction Systems I challenge them to prove their claims in court it should be an easy task based on the claims they make here in Audiogon  AND they will make a fortune because in the US once proven they can file a class action suit and profit enormously from the efforts of others to deceive. These people regularly claim that "there is no evidence" that things such as cables or fuses make a difference when in actual fact Audiogon is filled with evidence that these things make very real differences in Music Reproduction Systems of course those who claim fraud reject that evidence as "confirmation bias" but in absence of any documentation from them they are only repeating the claim they have made so many times that has been refuted many times here by those who have demonstrated to there satisfaction that they make a difference.   I think in actual truth the real fraudsters here are those that repeatedly make these claims of snake oil and fraud and often they have no experience to back up there claims they simply say the claims are impossible!
clearthink
@jji666 

so if you perceive no gravity, it is safe to jump off a roof? After all, according to you, perception is reality. :))
Boomerang: no, I’d still break my neck. But if I did not believe in gravity, I’d certainly be capable of believing gravity wasn’t the reason I broke it!
@jji666    uhh...ok, but I guess in your case, don't risk trying a $1000 power cord, it might break your neck. ;)
if I spent anywhere near that on a power cord, I most certainly would end up with a broken neck, but gravity would have nothing to do with it.  There are more powerful forces in the universe, namely my wife!